Senator Fraser Anning calls for women to be armed for self-protection

02/07/2018

Luke Grant

Last week, Senator Fraser Anning moved a motion for pepper spray, mace and tasers to be legalised, to allow women to protect themselves against violence.

The motion to relax regulation around the non-lethal weapons comes amid a backdrop of new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They suggest there were some 24, 957 sexual assault victims in 2017.